Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:37:08 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: "Troll" posting: Rescue Tape still in place...
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I used some on a syncro plastic clutch slave cylinder line ..
it held for maybe 20 times of stepping on the clutch pedal.
I find it in stores around where I am ..
Medford/Ashland OR.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mcneely" <mcneely4@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: "Troll" posting: Rescue Tape still in place...
> The name of the tape I have is "Rescue Tape," and it is available so far
> as I have been able to determine only online, though there is an
> invitation at the online site to retailers. Amazon sells it in the
> "consumer grade," while the Rescue Tape site sells it in a heavier,
> "Professional Grade."
>
> I tried it on a water hose, and for me, in my wrappings, it failed to hold
> the pressure, which is considerably more than in an automotive cooling
> system.
>
> mcneely
>
> ---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:40 AM, A PETER MARSH <apetermarsh@mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Don,
>> >
>> > What is the name of the RESCUE TAPE please and where do I get it?
>> >
>> > I have a lawn sprinkler distribution manifold that some dozy PITA ran
>> > into
>> > with the ride on mower and it has cracked two pipes. It all still
>> > works
>> > but water sprays out of the split. To repair correctly I will have to
>> > dig
>> > half the lot up so maybe, hoping definitely - the RESCUE TAPE will be
>> > an
>> > easier 'fix".
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Peter Marsh
>> > Naples FL
>> > On Mar 26, 2011, at 11:11 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
>> >
>>
>> Sorry, I no longer have the package that tape came in, nor the link as
>> to
>> where I bought it. I got it online, it was about $17 for three rolls and
>> came in a fire-orange-labeled package. 'Silicone rescue tape' on Google
>> should get you there.
>>
>> In reply to David's post about my engine not being a WBX...I'd have to
>> say
>> a hose is a hose...no matter what the motor is made of. .
>>
>> If you happen to still have a WBX motor running in your Vanagon...maybe
>> that coolant level warning system IS a good idea and worth trying to
>> keep
>> functioning properly...But as he points out and implies that I should
>> have
>> pointed out......I have an inline motor in mine that may not be quite as
>> likely to spit out it's coolant. Many other vanagon's have replaced
>> their
>> WBX motors with Subaru, Zetec,, Tiico, or Inlines also. By now,
>> stock-type
>> motors in Vanagons may even be in the minority, who really knows?
>>
>> My gauges (water temp and Oil temp and Oil pressure and my Alt. light
>> (for
>> the water pump belt) ) will show me, should I somehow lose my coolant.
>> All
>> without fussing around with milli-volts and resistors and micro-switches
>> to
>> make that 'low coolant level' warning light work without properly
>> without
>> 'false indications' etc etc. I just monitor my overflow tank to check
>> my
>> coolant level at every gas stop, as I check my oil level. I scan my
>> instruments every few minutes as I drive.
>> I'm not saying the blinking light (coolant level indicator) should be
>> removed, (or taped-over as in my case) though. If mine had worked
>> without
>> blinking at odd moments and scaring the crap out of me at first, when I
>> started driving my van, I probably would still have it...I tried a few
>> times to make it work properly...but it doesn't seem necessary. (to me)
>> If
>> my temp. needle ever starts to climb, I'd look at the Oil Temp. to check
>> that, too...and then I would suspect perhaps my 'taped-up' hose might
>> have
>> finally started leaking...grin.
>
> --
> David McNeely
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